NEBRASKA 



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NEBUCHADNEZZAR 



ernment. Nebraska then became the center of 

 the struggle between the proslavery settlers of 

 Kansas and the antislavery settlers of Iowa. 

 In 1854 Douglas introduced a bill in Congress 

 providing for the formation of two territories, 

 Kansas and Nebraska, based upon popular sov- 

 ereignty. 



The Territory of Nebraska created by this 

 bill extended from the Missouri River to the 

 summits of the Rocky Mountains and from 

 40 N. latitude to British Columbia. The 

 northern part of this region was included in 

 Dakota Territory in 1861, a small section was 

 joined to Colorado, and in 1863, when Idaho 

 Territory was formed, Nebraska was practically 

 reduced to its present limits. The territory was 

 crossed by the Oregon, Old California and Old 

 Salt Lake Trails, and by the famous "pony ex- 

 press" which extended from Saint Joseph, Mo., 

 to Sacramento, Cal. Nebraska City became a 

 great supply center for travelers over these 

 routes. In the slavery struggle, Nebraska fur- 

 nished 3,300 troops to the Union army, and after 

 1861 slavery was abolished in the territory. 



Statehood. After being twice vetoed by the 

 President, an act. of admission was passed in 

 1867 and Nebraska was made the thirty-seventh 

 state of the Union. The capital was moved 

 from Omaha to Lincoln. Following the exten- 

 sion of the Union Pacific Railroad across the 

 state, the land was <s boomed" and prices were 

 inflated, bringing about an economic collapse 

 in the early nineties. 



During its early history as a state, Nebraska 

 favored Republican politics, but since 1896 the 

 Democrats have increased in power, under the 

 leadership of William J. Bryan. In the Presi- 

 dential election of 1912, Woodrow Wilson re- 

 ceived the majority of votes, and a Democratic 

 ' rnor, the second since 1892, was elected by 

 a large majority. Several amendments were 

 added to the constitution, including a provision 

 for the initiative and referendum. In 1916 

 President Wilson carried the state for th. 

 Democrats, and a Democratic governor was 

 elected. K . .,.. 



Consult Sheldon's Hbtory of Nebrcuka; Pro- 

 ceedings and Collections of the Nebraska His- 

 torical Society. 



Related s The following articles In 



these volumes will be of Interest in connection 

 with a study of Nebraska: 



HISTORY 



Kansas-Nebraska Bill Louisiana Purchase 

 Lewis and Clark 

 Expedition 



Beatrice 

 ont 

 Grand Island 



'ITIKS 



Lin 



Omaha 

 South Omaha 



LEADING PRODUCTS AND INDUi 



Alfalfa Hay 



Cattle Meat and Meat Packing 



Corn Oats 



Dairying Wheat 



PHYSICAL FEATURES 



Bad Lands Platte River 



Missouri River 



NEBRASKA, UNIVERSITY OF, founded in Lin- 

 coln, the state capital, in 1869, by act of the 

 legislature, and opened two years later with the 

 college of literature, science and arts. Some of 

 the material for the oldest building, University 

 Hall, was hauled in wagons from the Missouri 

 River. This institution, which is at the head 

 of the state educational system, comprises the 

 graduate school, the college of literature, science 

 and arts, the industrial college, which includes 

 the schools of agriculture, mechanical arts and 

 domestic science; the college of law; the col- 

 lege of medicine, the school of fine arts; the 

 school of music, and the summer school. Tui- 

 tion is free to residents of Nebraska except in 

 the professional and art and music courses. 



The control of the university is vested in a 

 board of six regents. Funds are derived from 

 a state tax, revenues from land grants, interest 

 upon investments and tuition fees. The school 

 of agriculture and an experiment station are 

 located on a 320-acre farm about two miles east 

 of Lincoln. Another university school of agri- 

 culture is located at Curtis, Neb. The experi- 

 ment stations at Valentine, North Platte, Scotts 

 Bluff and Culbertson are under university super- 

 >n. The medical school is located in Omaha. 

 The university faculty numbers about 370, and 

 the student enrolment is over 4,800. The li- 

 brary contains 124,000 volumes. 



NEBUCHADNEZZAR, ncbukadncz'ar, an 

 illustrious king of the Chaldean, or New Baby- 

 lonian, Empire, in whose reign (605-562 B.C.) 

 Babylon became one of the most splendid > 

 of the ancient world. He was the son of Nab- 

 opolassar, who founded the empire and thus 

 paved the way for his son's renown. Much of 

 the history of Nebuchadnezzar is related in the 

 Bible, in Kings, Jeremiah, Ezckicl and Darnel. 

 To punish tht Jews for their repeated revolts, 

 he laid siege to Jerusalem and in 586 B. c. cap- 

 tured that city. This date marks the end of 

 the political life of the Hebrew kingdom, for 

 the people were carried away by him into 

 what is known as the "Babylonian Captivity" 



